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[stroh]

If one more of those mother*fudge*ers responds to one of my craigslist ads with:

"I am really interested in this item.  I can only pay by money order/cashiers check.  I need your name, address, and phone number so my assistant can send you the payment.  I will gladly pay your asking price, and twenty dollars more for the inconvenience.  Please remove the listing.  and consider it sold.  I will pick up the item as soon as you notify me that you have received payment.  I am currently out of the country on business in Londow(sic).....

Regards  "

Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch.

[Blader]

what exactly is the gig with this scam? 

sort of not knowing, I was trying to sell something on CL and ending up sending a guy my home address and name by email.

not long after, a big cashiers check arrives by fedex, for $10k--no note, no letter, just a check

Mrs B is, like, "yeah, christmas!" let's go buy something!!!

It smells so I just rip it up.  no copulation for me that night

but I never really understood the gig??...they somehow profit when someone cashes an insufficient fund cashier check??  I just don't get it.

[stroh]

Blader,

This seems to be the best explanation I can find.

http://www.askdavetaylor....via_money_order_scam.html

Apparently there is a big one going around now where you receive a check for the Secretary of State of Wyoming for 3300 bucks.  The routing numbers are real.  The check will pass.

Then you get another letter explaining the mistake, and please send them a check or wire the money that you were not entitled to.  They make it very intimidating and threatening.  All along, it's pure Goodfellas type profit for them, since they are in no part associated with the state of Wyoming, and the state is being drained of money from it's general fund every time one of these is cashed.

If they send out 10,000 of the them, and only receive 20 percent, of a "pay back"  that's a good haul.

[Blader]

If they send out 10,000 of the them, and only receive 20 percent, of a "pay back"  that's a good haul.

The weird thing about my scammer was there was no deal.  There wasn't even a mention of him sending cashiers check or anything.  He just asked for an address so he could arrange for a shipper to come take the item.  I didn't see any harm in giving an address.  If the shippers came with a wad of cash, I would have gladly traded.  Or he doesn't come for the item.

When the check first arrived, basically, just a very authentic looking cashiers check in an envelope, no more info.. I didn't connect it to the craigslist item. There was some company name on it, I googled it, and it turned out to be some company that makes soaps or something. Made no sense.

Then it dawned on me it might have something to do with Craigs list auction, because the only other time I ever did anything on Craigs list was when I was looking for some 14 year old poon, years before I was put on the FGI watch list.

Still, here's what would happen;

1. I cash the check
2. bozo contacts me asking me to send him the $8k balance for the difference between what he sent me and the item was listed for
3. I say, *fudge* you...the only cashier's check I've cashed lately was a money order from my Colombian cocaine supplier

I mean, somebody needs to teach that guy how to scam

[stroh]

LOL